Hege Dypedokk Johnsen

Hege Dypedokk Johnsen holds a PhD from Stockholm University, where she has been employed since 2012. She defended her PhD thesis Erôs and Education: Socratic Seduction in Three Platonic Dialogues in October 2016. Obtained her M.A. degree in philosophy at the University of Oslo in 2011.

Philosophical interests:

Ancient philosophy, philosophy of love, political philosophy, ethics and moral psychology, history of philosophy, epistemology, and feminist philosophy.

Presentations:

"Plato and the poets", Fiction and Philosophy Conference, Lund University, April 2016.

"Platon och kärleken", Vardagsuniversitetet, February 2016.

"Encouraging Character", University of Bergen, October 2015.

"The Vlastosian-Kantian Charges Against Plato's Theory of Love", Kant Reading Party 2015: Kant and Plato on Love. University of St. Andrews, July 2015.

"Eros, Moderation and the Encouragement of Courage in the Charmides", Uppsala University, March 2015.

"Eros and the Need for Knowledge in Plato's Lysis", University of Tromsø, December 2014.

"Love and Learning in Plato's Lysis", Philosophy and Eros Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, March 2014.